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 I feel like I'd be at least a little more productive if Stack Overflow (the
 website) let you collapse comment chains the same way Reddit does
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=== SIMILARITY RANKED ===

--- #1 fediverse/978 ---
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 @user-699 @user-78 
 
 I say "blep" when I intentionally stack overflow in order to avoid painful
 thoughts
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--- #2 fediverse/581 ---
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 @user-428 
 
 sometimes I think about how much more productive I'd be if I had a code editor
 that let me draw arrows and smiley faces and such alongside the code. Or if I
 could position things strangely, like two functions side-by-side with boxes
 drawn around them. Or diagrams or flowcharts or graphs or...
 
 something that would output to raw txt format, but would present itself as an
 image that could be edited.
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--- #3 fediverse/3338 ---
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 @user-246 
 
 I tend to stack overflow a lot T.T
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--- #4 fediverse/6292 ---
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 I'm stuck. I don't know how to leverage whatever talents I have into making
 things happen. Maybe I should seek advice from a wise elder...
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--- #5 fediverse/4954 ---
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 what if I never posted again
 
 "yep, then there'll be nevermore stack overflow"
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--- #6 fediverse/1140 ---
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 @user-78 
 
 ah but if you increase it then I might be able to actually finish a thought,
 wouldn't that be a tragedy xD
 
 @user-91
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--- #7 fediverse/1482 ---
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 @user-192 
 
 I feel like SSH keys to log into every website should be a standard
 
 or something similar
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--- #8 fediverse/5590 ---
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 vibe coding is just writing comments in increasing detail until the generated
 code matches what you need.
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--- #9 fediverse/112 ---
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 I live through the moments where I find a folder of stuff I made that I forgot
 about and I can go back and see it for the first time.
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--- #10 fediverse/5187 ---
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 I wouldn't mind if my work was stolen.
 
 would give me more time to be revolutionary.
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--- #11 fediverse/5961 ---
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 @user-138 
 
 maybe it's evil hackers - idk that's beyond my expertise - good luck : )
 
 (I'd need to see the piece of technology to work on it. I'm a hardware kinda
 [girl, but pronounced guy])
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--- #12 fediverse/1692 ---
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 @user-246 
 
 Yeah plus the second time around you're likely to make something better than
 whatever incomprehensible hack you did the first time.
 
 More time working on the project == more context which means you might even
 have solved the problem twice already and now just have to copy-paste
 something that's more robust than your previous one-liner.
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--- #13 messages/139 ---
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 Layoffs are the perfect opportunity for a bunch of people who worked with the
 same tech stack to sit down and think "what could we make together?"
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--- #14 fediverse/4372 ---
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 I'm safe, for the moment. What more could I want? Safety means I can continue
 to contribute to my cause.
 
 Light, life, and liberty for all.
 
 everything else is incidental.
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 @user-366 @user-367 @user-246 @user-353 
 
 darn, that's good to know. I guess I could make multiple posts but I don't
 want to spam people - Mastodon tends to notify people whenever you do ANYTHING
 which I worry is bothersome. Hence the attempts to compress longer thoughts
 into smaller spaces...
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--- #16 fediverse/3562 ---
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 me too T.T
 
 give it time
 
 someday everyone will be paid to do whatever they wanted
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--- #17 fediverse/4940 ---
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 what if I smoked weed and played video games after a long period of time away
 from the internet which I missed dearly
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--- #18 fediverse/3258 ---
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 @user-570 
 
 I wonder how it would feel to bind numpad enter to tab instead?
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--- #19 fediverse/3805 ---
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 neat
the website Ephemeren has 100,008 followers as of 5 days ago. There are 0 people who follow the website on Neocities, it's all external traffic.
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--- #20 fediverse_boost/6405 ---
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  maybe i should just work on my memoir...                                    
  
                                                            
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--- #21 fediverse/3043 ---
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 you know more than me and I appreciate your analysis
 
 if you ever want to work on something together let me know 
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--- #22 messages/1177 ---
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 it's more than a community if only one person asks where you've been.
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--- #23 messages/664 ---
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 Part of the reason I like Reddit is because you can have multiple different
 conversations about the same topic at once.
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--- #24 fediverse/5081 ---
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 what if mastodon recorded the date and time of every time you boosted /
 unboosted something so you can keep track of what your page looked like over
 time [in the export data functionality]
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--- #25 fediverse_boost/6053 ---
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  i post compulsively lmfao                                                   
  
                                                            
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--- #26 fediverse/4706 ---
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 "oh also I should mention that if you think about her too hard or too often
 there's a chance she'll overhear what you're talking about anyway so try not
 to think about her too much."
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--- #27 fediverse_boost/5147 ---
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  Need that E2EE fedi right now                                               
                                                                              
  i'd be at least 70% more feral                                              
                                                                              
  and feel cozier opening up and sharing                                      
  
                                                            
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--- #28 messages/146 ---
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 maybe if I slept until the end of time,
 I'd do better on the way back.
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--- #29 fediverse/1348 ---
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 ohhhhh sorry here ya go:
 
 https://tech.lgbt/@user-479
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--- #30 fediverse/3602 ---
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 @user-1572
 
 nope
 
 I figure if I have to rebuild them, oh well.
 
 plus this way I can give each of my computers a slightly different personality.
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--- #31 fediverse/4336 ---
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 gonna play more video games, currently have 11 tabs of written posts open in
 my browser...
 
 (okay a few of them get a little off-topic, but hey I have ADHD what do you
 expect of me)
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--- #32 bluesky#22 ---
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 what if bluesky users unionized and leveraged their collective power to
 "suggest" improvements to the software
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--- #33 fediverse/1233 ---
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 low key kinda wish someone would kidnap me and lock me in a room with nothing
 but a c compiler and strict orders to only work on whatever I want
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--- #34 fediverse/4072 ---
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 I like games that test my reflexes
 
 I also like games that test my wit
 
 but most of all I like games that test my patience with strategy
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--- #35 fediverse/1035 ---
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 @user-757 @user-192 
 
 true and my suggestion doesn't provide a tracelog, pretty much just the status
 of the variables when it pauses or ends.
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--- #36 fediverse/5841 ---
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 I find maybe one or two days a week to work on my projects. About one or two
 days to be spent publicly. The rest of the time I'm handling myself, my
 chores, my girlfriends, and various mundane things.
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--- #37 fediverse/1906 ---
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 I like Mastodon because it feels like I'm contributing to something larger
 than myself even though like, 30 people read each of my posts
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--- #38 fediverse/1885 ---
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 @user-1091 
 
 also just to add, more people biking is absolutely the right goal to have
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--- #39 fediverse/2434 ---
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 I spent most of today asleep. I guess that's what I get for chatting all night
 with a stranger. gonna putz around a bit, should be nice.
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--- #40 fediverse/2741 ---
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 @user-1349 
 
 I think it'd be neat if you could "subscribe" to instances like on Reddit and
 see their "local" feeds all in one place like a front page
 
 could make it tough though when people like me post like 20 different types of
 things on one instance
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--- #41 fediverse/2786 ---
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 the best way, I find, to be deserving of trust is to do the best that you can,
 and be honest when you cannot do more.
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--- #42 fediverse/1254 ---
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 @user-889 
 
 I'm always here if you need me. Let me know if you'd prefer Telegram or
 something.
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--- #43 messages/377 ---
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 infinite dedication implies stagnation, don't be so quick to trust.
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--- #44 fediverse/1321 ---
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 whenever I look away they put more work at the end of my to-do list. or
 sometimes in the middle. It's like they care less about the destination and
 more about the continuous arduous prolonged manifestation of articulation.
 >.>
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--- #45 fediverse/4097 ---
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 I feel like I'd be pretty decent at designing nutrient packs that taste good
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--- #46 fediverse/5612 ---
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 you know, [you can just randomize your profile every time you log in] .... oh
 there was a stack overflow at the last one so
you know, you can just randomize your profile every time you log in  "something something stack overflow - what does an orange website that looks like it's from our parents generation have to do with ancient prehistoric mammals?"  wait are those the ones with the tusks  "yeah totally. Huh what a weird way to build a collection."
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--- #47 messages/181 ---
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 I know you don't want to hear this, but there is a chance that there will come
 a time where your life depends on your ability to debug a computer without the
 internet. To set up an SSH server. To install Linux. To program in C. To do
 something else that I'm not prepared for... If StackOverflow didn't exist
 because network connectivity has been lost, could you remember syntax? Maybe
 it's a good idea to set up a local LLM that can answer basic questions about
 technology. Maybe it's a good idea to set up on your parents computer, just in
 case you have to hide out there for a couple months. Maybe it's a good idea to
 download wikipedia, just in case.
 
 If I need to use a mac, I'm screwed
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--- #48 messages/267 ---
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 I wonder how many things I've forgot? More every minute, I'd say, and though I
 try and chronicle them all... What's there to say?
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--- #49 fediverse/4173 ---
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 I swear if kamala is elected I will do everything in my power to actually work
 on my projects and get a job and be a good human
 
 ... wait, I already was doing that. But I'll be less stressed out, so... it'll
 be easier?
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--- #50 fediverse/4901 ---
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 "hey what if we broke our product and made it impossible to use without being
 caught by github"
 
 - computer touchers in a union
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--- #51 fediverse/1682 ---
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 girls who have so many tabs open that they use ctrl+T to navigate to the most
 recent tabs
 
 wishing there was a way to scroll back to the beginning... alas
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--- #52 fediverse_boost/4577 ---
◀─[BOOST]
  
  Boost this toot if you're planning on sticking around Mastodon & the Fediverse whether or not it's more popular than Bluesky.  
  
                                                            
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--- #53 fediverse/2774 ---
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 I want to emphasize that my mask is just as much a part of me as the other
 part.
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--- #54 fediverse/3032 ---
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 again I just want to stress that if you find anything that I'm saying useful...
 
 you might be interested in these two links above all others from my website:
 
 https://ritz-menardi.neocities.org/words/words
 
 https://ritz-menardi.neocities.org/conversation-starters/conversation-starters
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--- #55 fediverse_boost/5565 ---
◀─[BOOST]
  
  Also, if I must state the obvious:                                          
                                                                              
  Solidarity is the only way home.                                            
                                                                              
  We truly, really cannot create a more free, more whole future for any of us until we understand that we are all in this together.   
                                                                              
  Collective. Liberation. Or. Bust.                                           
  
                                                            
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--- #56 fediverse/4642 ---
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 i type too much, gtg to sleep.
 
 my cat yells at me whenever the click-clack starts to bother her ears.
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--- #57 fediverse/1588 ---
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 @user-1035 
 
 Even better if you say "you do you too"
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--- #58 messages/392 ---
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 Hey, can someone please accomplish my dreams for me? I'm too busy being a
 waste of potential!
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--- #59 messages/679 ---
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 What if we paid people to administer a database of people who needed mutual
 aid so we could keep track of them, organize them, and care for them?
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--- #60 fediverse/19 ---
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 @user-28 I think about this a lot
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--- #61 fediverse/2900 ---
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 what if all the AI advancements they're doing are just them building more
 hardware infrastructure in datacenters and not actually improving the software
 that much
wouldn't that be neat I think it would because it means once they collapse under the weight of their own ambitions that hardware's gotta go somewhere and knowing them they're probably going to ship it to south-east asia to be "recycled" (read: burnt with the metals salvaged) instead of selling them second hand because you know they can't really justify the business expense of selling stuff like that and besides what if some driver or something on the firmware was proprietary do you really want to pay techs to wipe every single thing off of them and plus who's gonna categorize and sort them according to their form and function that's just extra payroll and listen the company's not doing so hot anyway I mean we're literally shutting down but yeah sure we'll find a way to justify spending all that non-existent dosh so some hippies can feel better with their servers they didn't build or justify with their profit-producing capitalist enterprise that we've built with our own two hands well really the hands of everyone else but like, they're not actually doing the building the REAL work of course happens in board rooms like this one where we spend MINUTES and HOURS sometimes discussing how to get things in order and aligned to both of our goals because that's the REAL work that has to happen in order for stuff to get done, you know it's true yeah I thought so anyway what are you doing after this meeting wanna get lunch it's almost quitting time at 2pm
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--- #62 fediverse/5552 ---
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 I once heard that when you click a link, the developer of the website can tell
 which website you came from. idk if that's true or not.
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--- #63 fediverse/3937 ---
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 awwwww, I wish I was tacticool : (
 
 sure would be nice to have SOMETHING going for me >.>
 
 ah well guess I'm more of the "eepy sleepy" type teehee
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--- #64 fediverse/5782 ---
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 sometimes I post random silly [scary] things to pad out the serious things and
 I hope that's okay
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--- #65 fediverse/67 ---
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 @user-73 Yeah if I wanted a timeline I'd post on my website. Which I'm too
 lazy to do.
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--- #66 fediverse/362 ---
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 if we're encouraged to boost our old toots then I should be allowed to post
 screenshots of my old Reddit posts, right?
a reddit post from a year ago with 728 upvotes titled: This system is literally insane but they try to make it feel like you're insane. from the subreddit /r/psychonaut.  submitted 1 year ago by Nervous_Ad_9687       125 comments   [–]nincomturd   66 points 1 year ago   Lots of very good and salient points, but what I don't understand is this random praise of Jeff Bezos. It's entirely incongruent with everything else you wrote.  If greed is one of the problems you mentioned, you cannot at the same praise Jeff. The praise of western culture as well was a bit incongruent, as it's inextricably linked to these problematic concepts. You even talk about the problem of how culture perpetuates itself at them individual household level and goes on to firmy the broader culture.  But other than that, you definitely highlighted much of the insanity we're living with. If those of us who similarly have the eyes to see them insanity were to collectively live our values and work with each other to do so, we'd build the greatest culture and society the world has seen. One day I hope we make it. [next comment] /u/ugathanki 7 points 1 year ago       amazon has provided a useful and valuable service with excellent follow-through      amazon is unethically abusing it's workers, it's competitors, and the environment      the priorities of the company are misaligned - valuing service over ethical behavior [ran out of characters, see next picture] part 2 of the description for screen readers, because I ran out of characters      the reason they are misaligned is because it is most desirable to do so for the company      the reason it is most desirable is because corporations are designed to maximize profit over value produced.      just as "income" is adjusted by "expenditures" to create "profit", so too must "profit" be adjusted by "impact" to create "value"      the problem is, nobody can define what "impact" means. it's essentially a vacant variable, leading corporations to assume that "profit" == "value"      we don't need to punish corporations or "eat the rich", we need to adjust their reward structures such that "profit" != "value"      another problem is in the internal structure of a corporation - if none of the employees are powerful enough to challenge their higher-ups, then people like Bezos accrete power      the pathway to liberation is empowerment of the workers. those workers will re-define the priorities of their workplace to fit their desires - with a little guidance, they can desire "diligence, dedication, and a passion for craftsmanship" over "big number go up brrrrrrrr" - hence, social media.  sorry for the highlighting, am stoned. [next comment] /u/Amalvenugopal 18 hours ago  🙌 preach brother
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 @shiri 
 
 I'd like to add that "all you can do" is more than enough. Be kind to
 yourself, you are both important and valuable.
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--- #68 fediverse/5880 ---
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 I legitimately think computers should write code and software engineers should
 write legislation and lawyers should resolve problem tickets made by aggrieved
 citizens while judges do their best to just keep the boat floating
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--- #69 fediverse/3097 ---
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 naturally occurring computers would never produce wires, or liquid cooling, or
 anything that ever required any sort of configuration or external
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 sometimes I think I'd be better without social media.
 
 And then I remember that it's the only way I know to talk.
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 be me, improving my life bit by bit:
 
 "I should stop procrastinating"
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 @user-206 @user-1576 
 
 sounds like I should have spent more time there. I was always pretty good at
 convincing readers that the person I was arguing with was wrong or an asshole.
 Or both.
 
 At least, the Reddit upvote / downvote system told me so.
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--- #73 fediverse/5877 ---
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--- #74 fediverse/4108 ---
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 what if you could make multiple mastodon accounts in the UI and sort your
 followers into bins that corresponded to which account you wanted to see and
 switch between with the push of a button
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 would be nice if the Fediverse wouldn't let you post something on Mastodon
 unless you filled out a content warning for it.
 
 sorta like a post title on Reddit, allowing people to say "nah I don't feel
 like reading something from X perspective right now"
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--- #76 fediverse/5213 ---
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 what if we had hackathons for fedi friends if none of them had a more
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 anything I do I'd do for free for a leftist
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--- #78 fediverse/5360 ---
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 another day goes by when I haven't done any programming... oh well
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--- #79 fediverse/329 ---
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 @user-241 okayyyy if I must =P =P
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--- #80 fediverse/5185 ---
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 frankly it makes a ton of sense to me that computer programmers would have a
 game playing in the monitor. Gotta keep those brains active after all.
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 @user-107 If you can figure out how to do it well, everything else seems less
 difficult. : )
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--- #82 fediverse/6269 ---
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 what if the secret to LLM computation is to just not reduce the fractions and
 keep it all in english language ram
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 me to my cat: "don't eat so much that you puke, okay?"
 
 me to me: "yeah I can take on another task, I'm almost done with this one and
 then I'll just do that one and maybe this one'll get back to me at the same
 time as this one which conflicts with this other thing so maybe I'll just
 puke, okay?"
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 @user-1605 
 
 yeah, just trying to do more creating and less chatting : )
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 If your work is organized for mass-market appeal, it means you want everyone
 to read it.
 
 If your work is scattered and distracted, then only the sage would learn from
 it. So speak your mind, and let the words flow forth.
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--- #86 fediverse/1437 ---
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 a perpetual motion machine would appear stable to the machine in motion
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--- #87 fediverse/2614 ---
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 literally just... if you want to connect to me, come hang out on my wavelength.
 
 or like, invite me to join yours, and I'll do my best to show how I feel about
 the things you share.
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--- #88 fediverse/3965 ---
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 maybe some whiteboards and notebooks as well...
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 to those who guide our fate
 
 choose paradise
 
 make eden
 
 ======================= stack overflow =====================
 
 clouds of carbon are an affront to the sun god
 
 just as they are an affront to mine lungs
 
 or mine body temperature
 
 [acid oceans are toxic to the plane of water]
 
 [you think that would go unnoticed?]
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--- #90 fediverse/5460 ---
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 if you sit down to write and nothing comes to mind, then either nothing needs
 to be said or maybe you should spend time reading instead.
 
 ... okey dokey, time to read I guess.
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--- #91 fediverse_boost/2965 ---
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  i will use CW for #USpol if computer people start using CW for tech computer boring linux software posting. i said what i said  
  
                                                            
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--- #92 fediverse/5657 ---
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 I keep telling myself there's nothing useful on the internet yet still I remain
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--- #93 fediverse/5850 ---
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 @user-1074 
 
 if you'd like I can give you a lua script which will take your fediverse
 archive and turn it into a pdf which you can edit or print or whatever. Might
 be a fun diversion from posting. You can reply to yourself, add
 clarifications, change some things, put things in a new light, add context,
 etc... before you know it you'll have something printable. Could even pull out
 your best stuff and make zines.
 
 should require just a little configuration to suit your setup. That's part of
 how I stay "productive" without posting all the time.
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--- #94 fediverse/1872 ---
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 the most efficient productivity hack that I know is:
 
 pkill firefox
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 I made progress today, and so will you
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 currently on turbo mode trying to "find myself" because I figure I might not
 get a chance next year, so... whatever, right?
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--- #97 fediverse/5864 ---
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 @user-1074 
 
 I dream bigger than "the same, but nice"
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 gonna touch grass. maybe do some programming. ttyl
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--- #99 fediverse_boost/4747 ---
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  i love capitalism bc everywhere is understaffed and none of my friends can find jobs  
  
                                                            
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--- #100 fediverse/4427 ---
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 @user-246 
 
 I am the infohazard but I have that "automatically expand CW" post marked off.
 I like to click them each time, and with CWs it makes it easier to scroll back
 a couple months to find what you're looking for.
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--- #101 fediverse/4463 ---
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 at this point in time you probably shouldn't be forming NEW online communities
 unless you're part of an OLD community that just isn't radical enough. And
 then you should try and MERGE communities into larger, more geographically
 concentrated ones.
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--- #102 fediverse/4929 ---
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 Art is only useful when skillfully applied, and Twitter taught ya to speak
 whenever a thought passed your mind.
 
 Really makes ya think
 
 Really makes ya think thoughts like "I should post this on the internet"
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--- #103 fediverse/1034 ---
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 @user-192 
 
 be careful, recursion can cause stack overflows.
 
 better to run function pointers from a loop. That way you can operate as long
 as necessary. Just make sure you don't get in an infinite loop...
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 @user-192 
 
 I can relate to that impulse, which is why I'm liking this reply
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--- #105 fediverse/4855 ---
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 "you should be acting like these people want to destroy you."me, to me
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--- #106 fediverse/6458 ---
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 gonna pre-emptively backup my fediverse archive haha just-in-case I get banned
 for spamming or something teehee (totally reasonable teebeeh)
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--- #107 fediverse/1814 ---
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 I can tell when I'm overbooked when I don't have energy to shower every time I
 need to go out.
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--- #108 fediverse/1524 ---
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 maybe I should try microdosing, see if I can convince this part of me to stick
 around
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--- #109 messages/968 ---
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 what if you painted every house twice, to ensure you got the color completely
 applied [ bright green or yellow would shine through in little spots, clear
 and obvious to even the most undiscerning of patrons of the arts
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 what if we got together and adopted a new open source project every month and
 just collectively worked around the clock to learn and work through the
 important problems facing it
 
 or even like, cleared out the backlog of stupid pointless boring tasks that
 would allow the developers to work on something better
 
 call it the wandering parade of development
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--- #111 fediverse/3776 ---
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 whenever repeating letters like thiiiiiiis  or thisssss make sure if you're
 doing K's that you have at least four
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--- #112 fediverse/1385 ---
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 listen if your man page is more than like, 10 pg-down's, then you might want
 to consider breaking that utility up into smaller pieces.
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 @user-1218 
 
 my ex boyfriend told me to
 
 also I thought it would be a good idea so I could find a job, but now I have
 one (sorta) soooo
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--- #114 fediverse/4955 ---
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 "say superfluous on a social media post rn so I know it's you"
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--- #115 fediverse/1841 ---
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 curling up in a ball and thinking about crying for hours is the same as
 crying. If a little bit less of a release.
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--- #116 messages/573 ---
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 There will come a day when we must spam our messages into every discord server
 we know. Hold on tight.
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--- #117 fediverse/4942 ---
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 @user-1755 
 
 ... I do that, but I do it because I want to find common subjects to talk
 about. Or I think "if I was working on a project, who can I ask if I need
 help?"
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--- #118 fediverse/5079 ---
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 what if you boosted everything when someone liked it [when someone liked your
 post] and if they boost it then you read the first couple posts on their
 paragraph, just to say "hey" in return
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--- #119 fediverse_boost/4779 ---
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  I genuinely wish all Nazis in this world either an epiphany of the truth or a bullet to the head.  
                                                                              
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 @user-883 
 
 yeah I probably should have said "tiara" hehe
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 Rent is expensive because they only want you living there if you're working.
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 @user-78 I thought it was thursday :O
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--- #123 fediverse/5239 ---
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 I play video games to help me think just like programmers play video games to
 help them sleep
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--- #124 messages/565 ---
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 What if we told teachers to teach lessons like "the urgency of time" or "the
 frailty of life" or "divide and conquer" or whatever
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 a craving to know more and a carefully examined set of actions which
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--- #126 fediverse_boost/1379 ---
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  Fige's possibility space.                                                   
                                                                              
  If this flame is beautiful, ⭐ or boost this post to improve its chances for future breedings.  
  #fractalFlame                                                               
  
                                                            
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 @user-579 
 
 maybe if you pitch it to them with a presentation and offer to set up the
 infrastructure they would give you extra credit or an award or maybe just
 brownie points
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--- #128 fediverse/1842 ---
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 I could never live happily ever after if a single one of you could not
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--- #129 fediverse/4900 ---
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 if you wanna trick systems administrators just put a bunch of sleeps in your
 code so your computer programs don't use up all the mainframe's resources all
 at once
 
 [statements dreamed up by the practically deranged]
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--- #130 messages/109 ---
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 That's why I like talking about things I'm interested in. It makes me more
 likely to be able to bring up something I've been thinking about.
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 it's probably a good idea to write pseudocode, then real code, instead of
 starting with real code, and bugfixing something incomplete and more difficult
 to reason with.
 
 unless you write real code easier than pseudocode. idk do what works for you.
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--- #132 fediverse/6272 ---
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 I feel plentiful, wholesome, and healthy.
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 Can't stop thinking 
 
 [the rest is left blank, as a testament to the inability of the author to
 express their thoughts in a temporally contextual way. Presumably the previous
 text would be followed by an "about..." with the rest dedicated to a
 particular thought that felt important enough to share with the internet.]
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--- #134 messages/1116 ---
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 What works for me might not work for another,
 
 But 
 
 What works for me might work for another.
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--- #135 fediverse/5176 ---
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 what if corporations gave better quality products to people who clicked
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--- #136 fediverse/5750 ---
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 I love when I can go on walks... they're soooooo much fun! can see so many
 cool people and places and things... alas
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--- #137 fediverse/684 ---
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 @user-507 
 
 meow
 
 now there's just a few more
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--- #138 fediverse/2516 ---
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 According to a sign that I passed just four days ago, I have one day left.
 Whatever that means.
 
 so next week better be good.
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--- #139 fediverse/6051 ---
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 I wish I could go outside and see how things are going.
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--- #140 fediverse/3000 ---
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 I'll swear not to lose my mind if you swear to make the world a better place
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--- #141 fediverse/3093 ---
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 life is so much more than following your rules and fulfilling your obligations
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--- #142 fediverse/3359 ---
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 @user-192 
 
 you could throw yourself into the project of hosting a private server, that
 way you could be working on "Runescape" while also being productive
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--- #143 fediverse/261 ---
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 does anyone know of a Firefox addon that will automagically zoom any document
 on the web such that there are approximately 80 characters per line?
 
 #firefox
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--- #144 fediverse/962 ---
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 when considering the benefit of the doubt, consider doubting the benefit of
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--- #145 fediverse/4085 ---
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 I can always tell when people who believe in me start thinking of me because I
 start feeling the urge to do pushups
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 @user-1370 
 
 wawawawawawawawawa : )
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 hmmmm I should probably put this in "things I almost posted"
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--- #148 fediverse/125 ---
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 @user-95 I'm well rested, see?
 
 https://mastodon.social/@user-123/111345029617491633
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--- #149 fediverse/5018 ---
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 if you want to do communism in a city, you must first buy a parking lot.
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--- #150 fediverse/6278 ---
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 @user-1429 
 
 do something fun and hard like walk to seattle or install linux on a toaster
 or write happy notes on post-its and leave them in public places or make art
 and leave it in a public place or~
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--- #151 fediverse/2350 ---
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 I spent about two hours today (and a good chunk of tomorrow's stamina) chasing
 a rabbit through a field. Can't help but wonder if that particular lead wasn't
 as important as leading from the front. Ah, well, we'll see.
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--- #152 fediverse/3084 ---
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 I feel like mechanical keyboards with customizable emoji keypads would make a
 killing on etsy
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--- #153 fediverse/4468 ---
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 oh look at me, typing my thoughts while doing chores. And you all get to
 listen, you lucky ducks ; )
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--- #154 fediverse/3299 ---
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 what if we could record and playback certain timeframes of our CPU and RAM
 status and use it for debug purposes
 
 like running some code in a VM every time you wanted to show a youtube video
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--- #155 fediverse/6007 ---
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 I always get the syntax backwards, for some reason...
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--- #156 fediverse/3715 ---
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 @user-217 
 
 I see flossing teeth
 
 I see thongs in a butt
 
 I see a gravity well with a pinprick of a singularity
 
 I see the Mandelbrot set being caressed by inter-spatial wind
 
 I bet if I stared a bit longer I'd see more
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--- #157 fediverse/4866 ---
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 don't you just love it when you get several discord notifications but you tab
 back to check out the discord screen and there's no red numbers anywhere?
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--- #158 fediverse/946 ---
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 @user-661 
 
 so, you should strive to be compassionate and honest, in order to keep fear
 from ruling your life?
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--- #159 fediverse/5663 ---
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 I'm going to write some lua code that doesn't do anything useful and which I
 don't share with anyone
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--- #160 fediverse/5694 ---
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 if I can convince them not to fight will you give me what I demand?
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--- #161 fediverse/5016 ---
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 @user-1201 
 
 perpetual summer vacation? with a side of "from each to their yaddah yaddah"
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--- #162 fediverse/2496 ---
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 ... zzz ZZZ zzz ...
 
 if sleep won't come I'll write down the thoughts that are keeping me up. that
 usually makes it easier.
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--- #163 fediverse/963 ---
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 @user-690 
 
 clarity and focused will, respectively
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 @user-1071 
 
 I have plenty of things made, but none of it organized : (
 
 Kinda makes me wish I could like... train an LLM on my social media posts and
 use it programmatically somehow to help me organize my stuff into different
 categories according to what kind of topic or style they were written in.
 Hmmm......... There's no way I could do it, I mean, there's no way I could
 organize and edit my stuff, but with the help of a computer I might.
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--- #165 fediverse/4118 ---
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 all modern software should be written in a multithreaded way, change my mind
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--- #166 fediverse/2044 ---
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 honestly I think everyone should have two mastodon accounts - one for people
 you like, and one for people you trust
 
 (I have one)
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--- #167 fediverse/1822 ---
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 we should reward frugality as much as value-creation.
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--- #168 fediverse/3134 ---
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 @user-1352 
 
 I like that article. I definitely fail to follow some of those principles at
 times, though never all of them at once. I can be better, as all people can.
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--- #169 fediverse/2878 ---
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 advice is always solicited.
 
 help meeee e tell me how I'm wrong so I can get better
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--- #170 fediverse/2245 ---
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 @user-1209 
 
 also I bet with enough effort you could combine Words into a book or
 something, idk
 
 https://ritz-menardi.neocities.org/words/words
 
 ... I should update that, it's a few months out of date.
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--- #171 messages/58 ---
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 https://www.reddit.com/r/LifeProTips/comments/pea3ei/lpt_the_best_thing_you_can
 _ever_do_for_a_box_cake/
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--- #172 fediverse/5169 ---
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 if you ever find yourself in a situation where you have to describe everything
 that you do,
 
 leave that situation
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--- #173 fediverse/1092 ---
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 if there's too much on your mind then you need more people thinking about
 those problems
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--- #174 fediverse/2157 ---
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 @user-1180 
 
 the reason I say this is sometimes it's necessary to boost a post that doesn't
 have a CW and like, I can't add one of my own, so...
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--- #175 fediverse/562 ---
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 when peak unintelligibility levels have been reached, feel free to become
 unremarkable at your leisure.
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--- #176 fediverse/4216 ---
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 @user-1582 
 
 good morning, have a bunch of posts from last night : ) 
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--- #177 fediverse/4896 ---
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 @user-1748 
 
 they want you drained and overloaded.
 
 makes it harder to take care of others.
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--- #178 fediverse/5646 ---
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 "you know what you never really hear anyone say?
 
 I need more projects."
 
 they should be allocated more resources so they can accomplish their
 objectives one-by-one as a matter of course.
 
 easy, if we all help each other.
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--- #179 fediverse/5647 ---
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screenshot of a bunch of mastodon posts. sorry it's too much to alt text. there's some visuals drawn on the bottom right.
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--- #180 fediverse/4720 ---
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 @user-882 
 
 it's a security hole though
 
 yeah... there ya go...
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--- #181 fediverse/4887 ---
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 I will consistently under-negotiate my needs because scarcity has taught me to
 do more with less.
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--- #182 fediverse/2413 ---
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 @user-1209 @user-1262 
 
 ... no the first tip was "stop replying to me, you already agree" and then the
 block was because you called her a fed =P
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--- #183 fediverse/5881 ---
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 I wish I could click on ls output to cd up or down
 
 girl that's just called midnight commander
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--- #184 fediverse/941 ---
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 @user-562 @user-655 
 
 I relate to that...
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--- #185 fediverse/1351 ---
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 @user-521 
 
 people say that kind of thing when they feel alone. maybe "wake up" is another
 way to say "find me"
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--- #186 notes/dear-me ---
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 dear me: 
 
           DO SOMETHING USEFUL FOR ONCE
 
 that's all, fuck off and be helpful
 
 ... wow, rude.
 
 yeah I mean, I do helpful things. useful things, somethings.
 
 helpful.
 useful.
 
 many such cases, she says, with ultimate certainty, as if narrative could be
 prologued. but pronounced prolonged.
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--- #187 fediverse/3092 ---
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 @user-570 
 
 oh yeah UBI would be nice. Can we do that instead?
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--- #188 messages/678 ---
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 ChatGPT needs a way to leave a thank-you without demanding a response
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--- #189 fediverse/3856 ---
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 I'm tired of working as hard as I can and still ending up wrong
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--- #190 fediverse/1320 ---
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 BASH with the syntax/semantics of LUA and the performance of C would probably
 be the perfect language, IMHO
 
 procrastinating again, damnit
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--- #191 fediverse/1676 ---
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 sorry for the double post, had to redact things
a few poems on the left and a conversation between two lovers on the right. below is some writings on employment.
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--- #192 fediverse/6293 ---
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 resisting the urge to feed the ants who live under my desk...
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--- #193 fediverse/169 ---
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 @user-95 one of the most empathetic people I ever met on VR chat was consoling
 me with their mic off while I was oversharing about some stupid things people
 did to me in the past. things that stupid me thought were okay and actively
 encouraged because I was stupid. anyway when their mic was off their body
 language spoke for them. I'll try that next time.
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--- #194 fediverse/3810 ---
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 doing my best to get at least one bugfix or feature done per day on my
 video-game mod. I think the regularity and discipline could do me well.
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--- #195 fediverse/1848 ---
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 stripping the punctuation from my posts so I can get an extra 12 letters hehe
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--- #196 fediverse/2052 ---
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 @user-1074 
 
 me too 🥰 I'm saying they should be the other end of the spectrum, rather
 than the middle of the graph
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--- #197 fediverse/807 ---
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 one of my favorite websites is https://reddit.com/r/shruglifesyndicate/
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--- #198 fediverse/4388 ---
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 I'm sorry, but you can't play any more video games for a while. No more
 spending time on hobbies. When you meet, discuss what needs you see and how to
 fulfill them.
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--- #199 messages/610 ---
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 I'm sorry, but you can't play any more video games for a while. No more
 spending time on hobbies. When you meet, discuss what needs you see and how to
 fulfill them.
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--- #200 fediverse/4489 ---
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 I miss my cat, but now that it's dark I can go looking for her again. : )
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